Bipping around on the interwebs and I found this image of Rohan's work at Pennsic. I'm on the left, tenbears on the right.


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Australians have had a strong input into the SHRIMP, evidence as follows:

Part of the SHRIMP is called a Duo-Plasmatron.
The start up tones for the software is the theme from James Bond.
The start up screen has a shrimp crawling along it (i wouldn't be surprised if it shoots out the opening pane)
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surreptitious experiments at 4am have revealed the etiquette bell makes a curiously artificial flushing sound.

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In the spirit of trying new things whenever the opportunity arrises i present:

Sweet potatoe tea (yes, it is purple)


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I'm going to be a squire.
should it concern me that i put more logical thought and consideration into this than i did into deciding to undertake a PhD?

Ibn Battuta  Travels in Asia and Africa 1325 - 1354,  Routledge and Kegan Paul, ISBN - 0710095686
Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine costume decoration, Houston, ISBN - 7280030084
Costumes Textiles Cosmetics & Coiffue in Ancient and Mediaeval India, Chandra Moti,
Indian Costme Coiffure and Ornament  Sachidanand Sahay
Viking clothing, Thor ewing, isbn ( Read more... )

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No more marking literature reviews!
Woo!
-dusts hands-

now for... um. teaching, and marking exams and teaching and... damnit. Oz minerals wants cross sections by tuesday.
so much for that weekend i had planned.

Teaching today.
Putrid Chemistry.
Now I smell like cheese, have hands dyed the colours of the rainbow and three kilo's of liver to dispose of.

Sometimes I love my job.